Taxon:  Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. pulchella (Pursh) Stebbins



Summary
Genus:
Lactuca
Section:
Mulgedium
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Cichorioideae
Tribe:
Cichorieae
Subtribe:
Lactucinae
Nomen number:
104386
Place of publication:
Madroño 5:123.  1939
Verified:
02/23/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. (2 active accession[s])
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. subsp. tatarica (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Sonchus pulchellus Pursh

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
Lactuca tatarica (L.) C. A. Mey. var. pulchella (Pursh) Breitung
Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.

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Conservation Status
Reference(s)
  1. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. Beatley, J. C. 1976. Vascular plants of the Nevada test site and central-southern Nevada Note: = Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.
  3. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
  4. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
  5. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 281.
  6. Davis, R. 1952. Flora of Idaho. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
  7. Feráková, V. 1977. The genus Lactuca in Europe. In: , 52-54.
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: = Mulgedium pulchellum (Pursh) G. Don
  9. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
  10. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  11. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
  12. Hu, S.-Y. 1970. Compositae of China. 439.
  13. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: = Lactuca tatarica var. pulchella (Pursh.) Breitung
  14. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
  15. Lebeda, A. et al. 2004. Geographical distribution of wild Lactuca species (Asteraceae, Lactuceae). Bot. Rev. (Lancaster) 70:328-356
  16. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.
  17. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. Note: = Lactuca oblongifolia Nutt.
  18. Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora.
  19. Peck, M. 1941. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
  20. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  21. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
  22. Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
  23. St. John, H. 1963. Flora of southeastern Washington and adjacent Idaho, ed. 3. Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English blue lettuce as Lactuca pulchella 1 Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2 Note: = Lactuca pulchella (Pursh) DC.
English (Canada) blue lettuce Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 281.
French (Canada) laitue bleue Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 281.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuébec 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIowa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaineCumberland Co.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew York 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesOhio 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesIdaho 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesOregon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWashington 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaNorthwest Territories 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaUnited StatesAlaska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitoba 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territories], United States [Alaska]
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario, Québec]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Maine (Cumberland Co.), Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Louisiana]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Weedpotential seed contaminant Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grin-global.warwick.ac.uk/gringlobal/taxonomydetail?id=104386. Accessed 22 November 2024.